Robert temple



(No Model.)

R. TEMPLE.

BOTTLE AND STOPPER THEREFOR.

No. 560,444. Patented May 19, 1896.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT TEMPLE, OF DENVER, COLORADO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO ALDEN C.GALLAND, OF SAME PLACE.

BOTTLE AND STOPPER THEREFOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 560,444, dated May 19,1896.

Application filed October 26, 1895. Serial No. 566,954- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ROBERT TEMPLE, of Denver, in the county of 'Arapahoeand State of Colorado, have invented a new and useful Improvement inBottles and Stoppers Therefor, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in bottles, and stopperstherefor; and the object of the invention is to so construct a bottleand a stopper for the same as to prevent the refilling of said bottle,and furthermore to provide a means whereby, in the event the bottleshould by any possibility be fraudulently refilled, the fact may beinstantly de tected by an observer familiar with the appearance of theoriginal package.

A further object of the invention is to accomplish the above-namedresults in a simple and inexpensive manner.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims. 7

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a vertical section through a bottle having the improvedstopper introduced therein, the bottle being in the first stage of itsmanufacture. Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, but illustrating theneck of the bottle as having been formed to prevent the withdrawal ofthe sealing-stopper. Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the completebottle, illustrating the bottle as filled and the sealing-stopper inposition in the neck of the bottle. Fig. 4 is a partial longitudinalsection through the completed bottle, the latter being filled and thesealing-stopper being in position, and the said view also represents asection through the closing-stopper to be located above the sealing one.Fig. 5 is apartial vertical section through the bottle and likewise avertical section through both the sealing and the closing stoppers. Fig.6 is a plan view of the closing-stopper, and Fig. 7 is a similar view ofthe sealing-stopper.

In carrying out the invention the bottle A may be of any desired shape,and is provided, preferably, with a somewhat long neck A, which when thebottle leaves the mold is practically straight, in order that thesealingstopper B may be introduced within the body of the bottle throughthe aforesaid straight neck. The sealing-stopper B is shown in Figs. 3,4, 5, and 7, and practically comprises four sectionsnamely, anintermediate section 10 of cork or other elastic material, an uppersection 11, and a lower section 12 of semispherical form, these twosections being preferably made of glass or similar material; and theupper section 11 is provided upon its lower face with spurs 11, adaptedto enter the elastic central section, while the lower section 12 isprovided with spurs 12, which also enter the central section. The fourthsection 13 is of metal, and is preferably placed in engagement with theupper surface of the lower glass'section 12, the spurs of the latterpassing up through the metal.

In the upper face of the lower section 12 of the stopper a cavity 15 ismade, and two openings 14 are preferably produced in the upper section11 of the sealing-stopper, one at each side of its center, while a wire16 is passed down through one of the openings in the upper section ofthe sealing-stopper, through the cork, and through the aperture in themetal plate 13, thence within the cavity 15 of the lowerstopper-section, up through another aperture in the plate 13, and outthrough a second opening in the upper glass section 11. The two strandsof Wire 16 are of sufficient length to pass out through the mouth of thebottle, and the central elastic section 10 is of greater diameter thanthe other sections of thesealing-stopper.

Ordinarily when the sealing-stopper is in position in the bottle, asshown in Fig. 1, the neck is heated and a tool applied thereto to crimpthe neck at or near its center, forming an interior annular rib or ridgea, thereby dividing the neck practically into an upper chamber a and alower chamber a the two chambers being inclined in opposite directionstoward the said ridge a, as shown in Fig. 2. The bottle is now incondition to be filled, and after the liquid has been introduced intothe bottle the sealing-stopper is drawn upward into the neck until theupper glass section 11 of the stopper engages with the 'upper innersurface of the lower chamber or compartment a of the neck immediatelybeneath the ridge (1, as shown in Figs. 3, 4E, and 5, and when thesealing-stopper is thence carried upward into the neck of the bottle itscentral elastic section 10 will be compressed, whereby the stopper willbe held in the position in which it is placed. The strands of wire 16are at this time severed from the stopper, being cut close to its uppersurface, and finally the stopper 17 is introduced into the upper chamberor compartment a of the neck, and is forced downward to a seat therein,and the said upper or closing stopper, which may be of cork, is providedwith a bail 18, extending above its upper surface, and the stopper isfurther provided with a channel 19, extending through from top tobottom, which channel will admit of the escape of air contained in thespace between the top of the sealing-stopper and the bottom of theclosingstopper. The closing-stopper having been placed in posit-ion, theupper portion of the channel or vent 19 is closed by introducing thereina cementing material 20-as, for example, sealing waxand this wax is alsomade to cover the top of the closing-stopper and may bear the name ofthe bottler or the trade-mark of the firm placing the material on themarket. In order to facilitate the opening of the sealed package thusconstructed, a splint 21 is usually attached to the neck of the bottleby means of a wire 22. The splint is disengaged from its binding-wireand introduced into the upper portion of the bail 18, and in this mannerthe closing cork or stopper may be withdrawn from the bottle without theaid of a corkscrew. The splint is next employed to force thesealing-stopper downward into the body of the bottle, and

the said sealing-stopper will be of suflicient weight to cause it tosink to the bottom of the bottle, thereby not interfering with the exitof the liquid therefrom.

It is obvious that owing to the spherical form of the sealing-stopperand the smooth character of its top and bottom surfaces, together withthe absence of a string or wire attached to the said stopper, it will bealmost impossible for the sealing-stopper to be drawn up again to itsoriginal position in the event the bottle should be fraudulently filledagain. The Wire 16 may be said to constitute a handle for thesealing-stopper, and instead of the wire a cord may be employed.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A seal for bottles, the seal consisting of anelastic and unbroken central section, two inelastic sections betweenwhich the central section is sandwiched, independent means for attachingthe inelastic sections to the clastic central section and a weightedplate interposed between one of the inelastic sections and the elasticcentral section and confined by said parts, substantially as described.

2. A seal for bottles, the seal consisting of an elastic centralsection, two inelastic sections between which the central section issandwiched, spurs on the inelastic sections and projecting into theelastic section, and a weighted plate through which the spurs of oneinelastic section are projected, the weighted plate being confined bysaid inelastic section, substantially as described.

ROBERT TEMPLE.

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G. J. ROLLANDET, L. E. HARBOUR.

